This was traditionally the very best participation of member states in an UNCTAD convention.
The 16th UNCTAD Conference, held from 20 to 23 October in Geneva, concluded with 170 collaborating countries adopting the Geneva Consensus and a political declaration reaffirming the organisation’s central position in advancing multilateral cooperation.
The declaration reaffirms the elemental perception that growth should depart nobody behind and commits to constructing a extra inclusive world financial system.
Themed ‘Shaping the future: Driving economic transformation for equitable, inclusive and sustainable development’, the convention renewed multilateral efforts to position growth again at the center of the worldwide financial debate.
Participants examined sensible pathways to strengthen commerce, finance, productive capacities, commodities, the worldwide system of commerce preferences, debt, synthetic intelligence, digital financial system, funding, provide chains and regionalism.
Additionally, there have been conferences of ministers of the Group of 77 and China, Africa, least developed countries (LDCs), small island growing states and landlocked growing countries.
The Geneva Consensus reaffirms the elemental perception that growth should depart nobody behind and commits to constructing a extra inclusive world financial system, an official launch stated.
The convention addressed the decline and uneven distribution of worldwide funding flows, funding facilitation measures, coverage frameworks that decrease the price of capital and help to home and worldwide ecosystems that may multiply international funding.
Countries referred to as for UNCTAD to help growing countries with expertise, infrastructure and frameworks to harness the digital financial system.
Member states agreed on the institution of a Borrowers’ Forum, a brand new area for growing countries to construct collective capability, share experiences and strengthen their voice in world debt discussions.
They dedicated to strengthening their help, together with by a devoted commencement help programme, for LDCs. They referred to as for tailor-made help for small island growing states dealing with local weather disasters and hovering transport prices.
And for landlocked growing, they dedicated to persevering with work on commerce facilitation and transit corridors.
The Sevilla Forum on Debt, a platform to open dialogue to help growing countries to sort out sovereign debt, was launched.
Saudi Arabia confirmed it is going to host the second UN Global Supply Chain Forum in November 2026, in partnership with the Saudi Ports Authority. UNCTAD leads this new initiative to make world provide chains extra resilient, environment friendly and sustainable by addressing points comparable to essential infrastructure, digital commerce techniques, financing for small companies and workforce coaching.
Switzerland introduced new funding of 4 million Swiss francs to bolster UNCTAD’s work on e-commerce and the digital financial system for growing economies.
UNCTAD additionally signed an settlement with the Digital Cooperation Organisation to work on digital financial system knowledge and measurement, and on empowering ladies within the digital financial system and offering help to start-ups and small and medium enterprises.
Qatar confirmed it is going to host the ninth World Investment Forum (WIF) subsequent 12 months. The flagship UN platform will scale options and partnerships to energy sustainable funding globally, making certain that finance fosters inclusive progress and shared prosperity.
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